About
The person enterprises call when AI meets people
Coaching is the method. AI is the territory. Real Talk Studio is the proof. I help enterprises with the human side of AI — change management, coaching, and the conversations nobody scheduled. Here is the path, told through seven books.
My Guiding Principle
If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you're done. I first read Atomic Habits in 2018. It articulated many of my personal values: growth, learning, experimentation. In helping people change I've found that small shifts in behaviour often lead to remarkable results — including how organisations actually adopt AI.
In The Beginning
I began my professional career in 2007. Upon joining my first company, I was given The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I still have this copy today. It was the first leadership book I'd ever read. It opened my eyes to the many aspects of performance development and started my journey to become a better leader.
The First 7 Years
I started my career as a software tester. I was an outsider doing a job people felt could be automated away. I had to learn how to clearly articulate the value of testing. Agile Testing helped me do that. The most helpful skill I still use today: how to be curious — especially when a new tool is about to redraw someone's job.
Dreams of a Rock Star
Growing up I always wanted to be in a band. I remember watching Glastonbury Festival on TV, dreaming of headlining the pyramid stage. I came close when I performed at the Park Stage in 2019.
Becoming More Productive
I've always had an entrepreneurial streak. I loved reading about Tim Ferriss's journey in setting up a business, and how he learned the habits and tactics to preserve his most precious resource: time.
Going Professional
In 2016 I started working as an Agile Coach. I came to a big realisation: what I thought was coaching was really mentoring. Training with Barefoot Coaching opened my eyes to unlocking high performance. I'm now an ICF Professional Certified Coach. That craft is still the method. The territory is now AI change.
Real Talk Studio
That work became a company. Real Talk Studio is where teams rehearse the conversations that carry legal, commercial, and human weight — including the new ones AI forces — before they happen for real. This site is where I publish the thinking behind it.
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Company
Real Talk Studio
The company I founded. Teams use it to rehearse feedback, conflict, and other conversations that matter — before they happen for real.